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Chapter 247 The King of Jing and Song Dynasties is Heartbroken ([-])
A lot has been said in a high-sounding manner, and it is very clear that the real deal after removing these crowns.

The volunteers of Pei County helped the people of Shangqiu to succeed in the coup and forced Song Gong to form an alliance; the volunteers of Pei County captured the king of Chu and formed an alliance in five steps to relieve the siege of Shangqiu;

Therefore, in exchange for the people of Shangqiu to support Peixian's status as a vassal state and support the system reform of the people of Peixian County when they consulted the government.

It's just that this kind of interest exchange needs to be covered with a special coat called mutual benefit.

The people of Shangqiu supported the Mohist's decision, and they also understood what kind of interests they wanted to fight for, and it became easier and easier to publicize it if appropriate.

By the time of dawn, the reason to be said has been clearly explained, and the people have also elected local people from Shangqiu whom they can trust, so as to prepare for the matter of "asking the public".

Although the Mohists controlled the various nobles in the battle of defending the city, they still had no chance to attack these nobles.

One is that once it is done, it is a challenge to the order of the whole world, and it will trigger a siege from all over the world. A small Shangqiu cannot completely block the encirclement of all countries in the world.

The second is that even if it is done, it is meaningless.A few years later, after Si Ziyang of Zheng State was killed, his party members could still cause chaos, expel Zheng Gong, and divide Zheng State into three.

The nobles are still very powerful, but the siege was their weak stage, and what they can do now cannot be done once the siege is over.

Many things can only be done slowly.

After the day is fully lit, Song Gong and others can leave the palace.Those Mohist disciples who were nominally responsible for guarding them from harming each other still followed.

It is called protection, but it is actually surveillance. This is a condition that cannot be relaxed.

Shi's side has also encouraged the people to elect enough representatives of the people of the country to go to the vicinity of the palace together to discuss with the nobles of Song Gong about forming an alliance with the Chu people.

The young Song Gong went from being ambitious before he took the throne to being helpless now, but in just a few short years, he has matured a lot in this day.

It is no longer the Zitian who is looking forward to attacking the three Jins in the north and seizing the city of Chu in the south, and many things are easy to make sense.

As for the alliance with Chu, the first few points are things that Song Gong and the nobles can easily agree to, and the last two things about the righteous teacher are the root of the arguing.

The right to deploy volunteers belonged to the Advisory Council, not Song Gong, which made it difficult for Song Gong to accept, but it was easy for the nobles to accept.

At least, it seems to be acceptable now.

Originally, the Duke of Song did not have the power to deploy the manpower of the entire Song Kingdom at will. Under the enfeoffment system, the Duke of Song could only govern the lands directly under him. If he intervened in the fiefdoms of the nobles, the nobles would be very dissatisfied.

Just like in the late Warring States period, Tang Sui fulfilled his mission.

Tang Sui is a minister of Anling State, Anling State is a vassal state of Wei State, and Lord Anling is the younger brother of King Wei, so he is as powerful as Qin, so he can only negotiate directly with Lord Anling, and King Wei has no way to intervene Anling State affairs.

This is the rule under the enfeoffment system.

This was still the case in the late Warring States period when power was centralized, but now under the enfeoffment system of the Song Dynasty, Duke Song wanted to move the fiefdoms of those nobles, it was simply death.

So even if it's just Shangqiu's righteous teachers, it's hard for Song Gong to accept it, because the people of the capital are the easiest part of Song Gong's control.

The vassals and scholars directly under the Duke of Song are generally in the fiefs near the capital. The doctor and the six ministers each have their own fiefs and have their own subordinates.

Just as Gongsunhui could rebel against Qi and return to Zhao in Linqiu, Qi State could only recognize Linqiu's independent status in the end. The inertia of the enfeoffment system of the countries that had not completed the centralized reform was too great to be controlled at all.

It's just that Duke Song was unwilling to accept it, but the nobles were happy to do so. They were worried that Duke Song would take power if he became strong, so they supported Shangqiu to set up a righteous division, and tried to restrain Duke Song's power as much as possible.

On the matter of restricting the monarchy, the nobles are in agreement with the people at this time.

Si Chenghuang, Dayin, Uncle Gong and others all expressed the importance of setting up a righteous teacher in Shangqiu, and Duke Song had no choice but to accept it.

After this matter is resolved, the remaining alliance with the Chu people will be much simpler.

After the envoys sent by Duke Song went to the Chu camp, various preparations had already begun in Shangqiu City, and this time the oath was completely different from the past.

Although I have already said that Chu State should not be angered as much as possible, but the most basic etiquette still needs to be striven for.

Just like the later Lin Xiangru forcing the King of Qin to play music, the exchanges between countries can easily lead to a disagreement after the ritual collapses and the music breaks down.

Ritual breaks and music breaks.

Either be unified like Zulong, and the world will be unified.

Or, it is to fight a war that lasts for decades, and no one can be defeated in the end. A treaty allows all small countries and states to have nominally equal status.

But at this time, it's just that the rituals are broken and the music is broken, and it has not yet reached the point of unification or complete division, so they can only use the rules that have existed before.

"Qiu Guan, Da Xing Ren" once said that the diplomatic relations between the princes, the age of the year, the Yin's engagement, and the world's court.

The same is diplomatic relations, the three characters of asking, hiring, and facing are completely different, but they are common rules in the entire Huaxia system, just like the so-called envoys and ambassadors in later generations, which need to be recognized by the world before they can agree on common names.

The State of Song is generally referred to as "Chao" in the history books of the State of Jin and State of Chu, implying that the State of Song is weak and the State of Chu is strong.

That's why Zou Ji satirized the king of Qi to accept remonstrance, saying that after defeating the court, he said that all countries "court" in Qi.

Neither asking nor hiring.

But this time the Song people captured the king of Chu, so it was impossible to use the ceremony of the court, but the gift of engagement: this time, in order to give both sides a decent face, it cannot be said that the defeat was an alliance, but that the king of Chu brought people to Shangqiu for hunting. , Hunting with Song Gong, Song Gong served as the host to entertain the king of Chu, but it cannot be said that the king of Chu sent troops to attack Shangqiu and was defeated and captured.

Because this involves a series of things behind it, once the three Jins come to attack, they will need to use the power of the Chu people to maintain the independence of the Song Dynasty.

This point is well prepared. Once Xiong Dang dies, the state of Chu will immediately fall into chaos due to the crisis of succession.

Zheng Jun and the prince must have a nephew relationship, and the prince will not be able to ascend the throne but will be taken over by his elder brother. The Zheng people who were originally close to Chu will immediately give up their differences with Sanjin and the blood feud with South Korea, and escort Prince Ding back to Chu to ascend the throne together.

Chen Cai and other countries are also getting closer to Wang Ziding, and they will also rebel against Chu after the succession crisis and join the ranks of supporting Wang Ziding.

This chaotic process will last for a long time, Chu State will fall into a huge crisis, and the Three Jins will become stronger than ever.Historically, it was not until after Wu Qi entered Chu that Chen Cai could be taken back, and it was able to withstand the attacks of the Three Jins, and it was not until the outbreak of the Central Plains War that the Chu people took a breather.

Under this background, using the ceremony of engagement as the etiquette for eliminating soldiers between the Song and Chu countries fits the situation very well.

One is the dowry gift, which is an etiquette for diplomatic relations between two countries with equal status. Just like the Zou state separated from the Lu state, it is absolutely not allowed to use the dowry gift to meet the Marquis of Lu. After the military meeting, Song, Zheng, Wei and other countries could only court Jin Chu but not hire Jin Chu.

Now that the king of Chu is captured, Song State has the upper hand, but Chu State is too big, and can only seek an equal status between the two in terms of etiquette.

The second is that the king of Chu was captured. After all, it is a shameful thing. If this kind of shame cannot be effectively resolved, this hatred will last for a long time.

In the world at this time, it is easy to hold grudges, especially the hatred of insults.

It was for this reason that Ji Hou offered slander, which led to Qi Hou being cooked and killed by Zhou Tianzi, and then the Qi people destroyed Ji State.

And Chu people are quite vengeful, and this kind of vengeance can even last for hundreds of years.

Back then when Xiong Duo got the fief for fifty li, the poor could only offer jujube wood arrows as tribute to Emperor Zhou, and ended up serving Emperor Zhou together with Marquis of Qi, Marquis of Lu, Marquis of Wei, and Marquis of Jin. Those who have relatives are also closer, so Xiong Duo's existence was ignored when rewarding the sacrificial vessels.

Hundreds of years later, when he arrived at King Ling of Chu, King Ling of Chu still couldn't forget this matter. Boqin of the State of Lu served King Kang of Zhou at the same time. Zhou distributed the Jiuding to Qi, Wei, Jin, and Lu, but our country did not. Now that I have made great achievements, if I send people to the Zhou Dynasty and ask for the Jiuding as a Will the Emperor Zhou give me the treasures that belong to our country?"

This incident hundreds of years ago can be turned up as a reason for aspiring to the top, and the Chu people have to be wary of the temperament of holding grudges.

In this case, although the king of Chu was captured, it is acceptable for both parties to use the dowry gift of equal diplomatic relations between the two countries as a courtesy.

This kind of thing needs to be done formally, so after the discussion here, it is necessary to send someone to notify the king of Chu, so that the king of Chu can approve it before it can be implemented.

In the camp of the Chu people, the various conditions given by the Mohists and the monarchs of the Song Dynasty have been submitted to the hands of the king of Chu. The king of Chu is still under the control of Gong Zaoye, and a strange situation has appeared in the entire camp of the Chu people. .

Inside the camp, the volunteers from Pei County and the Mohist elite controlled the King of Chu.

Outside the camp, the Chu people were under siege, and there were archers preparing for it. The rest of the camp was in full formation to prevent the Song people from making a surprise attack at this time.

The silk scripts written to the king of Chu are magnificent.

As for Gong Zaoye, who was in charge of the overall situation within the Chu camp, what he heard was a completely different and more straightforward statement.

In this alliance, it cannot be said that the Chu people were defeated, but that the king of Chu led people north to hunt and accidentally came to Shangqiu.

However, because Song Gong was not notified in advance, Song Gong did not know, so Song Gong needed to send someone to tell the king of Chu first: I did not entertain well.

The king of Chu still wanted to send envoys to Shangqiu to pay homage to the Duke of Song, saying that it was not the fault of the Duke of Song, but that the king of Chu accidentally came to the territory of the Song State and did not notify the Duke of Song in advance. It was the fault of the King of Chu.

After the two sides go through a formality and generally admit their mistakes to each other, the king of Chu will send a doctor to meet Song Gong with Yuzhang in his hand, and take Yuzhang as a dowry gift, expressing his hope that the Song Gong will be able to form an alliance.

Song Gong also needs to return Yuzhang to Dr. Chu after the reception, showing that he values ​​etiquette and despises things.

Your Yuzhang is respect for me, the respect I accept, but I am not a person who is greedy for jade, so I want to return Yuzhang to you.

(End of this chapter)